diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54a3c780fd2f..f6ccc7e61d3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
         <optimaize.languagedetector.language-detector.version>0.6</optimaize.languagedetector.language-detector.version>
         <!-- see https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/issues/4088 before you upgrade this -->
         <spanish-pos-dict.version>2.2</spanish-pos-dict.version>
-        <portuguese-pos-dict.version>1.1.0</portuguese-pos-dict.version>
+        <portuguese-pos-dict.version>1.2.0</portuguese-pos-dict.version>
         <dutch-pos-dict.version>0.1</dutch-pos-dict.version>
         <english-pos-dict.version>0.3</english-pos-dict.version>
         <belarusian-pos-dict.version>1.0.2</belarusian-pos-dict.version>